Adjustable bracket for curtain-poles.



No. 732,652. PTENTED JUNE so, 1903.v

G. QUAGKBNBUSH.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 3o,` ieo.'

PATENT OFFICE;

ADJUSTABLE BRACKET FOR CURTAIN-Potes'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 32,652, dated June 30, 1903.

Application filed April l1, 1903. Serial No. 152,240. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, rima/y concern.

Be it known thatI, GEORGE QUACKENBUSH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Brackets for Curtain-Poles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in adjustable brackets for curtain-poles; and its object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character which may be readilyattached to the frame of a window and by means of which the pole can be quickly moved from or toward the window, as desired.

Theinvention consists in providing, preferably, two arms, which are pivoted together and one of which is pivoted within al bracket fastened to the frame, while the other` is secured in a similar manner lto a curtain-pole holder of suitable form. A rod is journaled upon the side ot' the window-frame and has an arml which is slidably connected to the last-mentioned arm of the bracket, and by rotating this rod the arms of the bracket may be extended or retracted, as desired, to move the curtain-pole connected thereto a suitable distance from the window.

The invention also consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and

lillustrated in the accompanying drawings,

showing the preferred form of myinvention, and in whichbrackets of my improved construction connected to the frame of a window. Fig. 2 is a plan view of o ne of the brackets having a pole in position thereon, and Fig. 3 is a detail viewof the joint of the arms.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a bracket inwhich is pivotally mounted the downwardly-turned end 2 of arm 3. To the other end of this arm is pivoted an arm 4, having one or more apertures therein for the reception of a stem 5, eXtending from a ring 6 or other suitable device adapted to engage acurtain-pole 7. A longitudinally-extending slot 8 is formed within the arm 4 near the pivoted end thereof, and within this slot is slidably mounted an extension 9, which projects upward from the end .of an arm 10. This arm projects' laterally from the upper end of a rod 11, which is journaled in brackets 12, secu red to the side of a window-frame 13.

An operating -farm 14 is arranged at the lower end of rod 11, and by swinging this arm outward it is obvious that the extension 9 will ride within slot 8 and cause the arms 4 and 3 to become extended, thereby moving the pole away from the window-frame. It is obvious that by means of this vdev-ice the pole can be moved to a desired distance from the windowframe, and therefore the device is especially useful where it is desired to lclean windows or to place objects between'the curtains and the window-frames. It will of course be understood that one of these brackets can be arranged at each side of'a window-frame and two short poles 7 employed, as illustrated in Fig. 1. As each pole is pivotally mounted upon its arm 4, it can, as is obvious, be swung at a desired angle to the window-frame after the arms 4 and 3 have been extended. The

arm 3 has-a'lug 15 thereon at its pivoted endl the advantages thereof, and I` therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bracket for curtain-poles comprising a pivoted arm, la pole holding arm pivoted thereto, an operating-rodand an arm thereto slidably connected to the pole-holding arm.

2. Abracket of the character described'comprising arms pivoted together,van operatingrod and an arm thereto slidably connected to one of the arms of the brackets and adapted, when said rod is rotated, to extend or retract the arms of the bracket.

3. In a bracket of the character described, the combination with arms pivoted together, of a curtain-pole holder pivoted to one of the IOO a within said arm, brackets, :t rod levoiubly mounted therein, an operating-arm at one end of the rod, and a second arm extending from said rod and slidably mounted within the slot.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE QUACKENBUSH.

Witnesses WILLIAM REINHART, BERNARD CAMPBELL. 

